EP0155522B1 - Photoconductive composition and electrophotographic light-sensitive material - Google Patents

Photoconductive composition and electrophotographic light-sensitive material Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP0155522B1
EP0155522B1 EP85101847A EP85101847A EP0155522B1 EP 0155522 B1 EP0155522 B1 EP 0155522B1 EP 85101847 A EP85101847 A EP 85101847A EP 85101847 A EP85101847 A EP 85101847A EP 0155522 B1 EP0155522 B1 EP 0155522B1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
group
electric charge
charge carrier
electrophotographic light
compound
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
EP85101847A
Other languages
German (de)
English (en)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP0155522A1 (en
Inventor
Naonori C/O Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. Makino
Seiji C/O Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. Horie
Hideo C/O Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. Sato
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Fujifilm Holdings Corp
Original Assignee
Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd filed Critical Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd
Publication of EP0155522A1 publication Critical patent/EP0155522A1/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP0155522B1 publication Critical patent/EP0155522B1/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09B—ORGANIC DYES OR CLOSELY-RELATED COMPOUNDS FOR PRODUCING DYES, e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; LAKES
    • C09B35/00—Disazo and polyazo dyes of the type A<-D->B prepared by diazotising and coupling
    • C09B35/378—Trisazo dyes of the type
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G5/00—Recording members for original recording by exposure, e.g. to light, to heat, to electrons; Manufacture thereof; Selection of materials therefor
    • G03G5/02—Charge-receiving layers
    • G03G5/04—Photoconductive layers; Charge-generation layers or charge-transporting layers; Additives therefor; Binders therefor
    • G03G5/06—Photoconductive layers; Charge-generation layers or charge-transporting layers; Additives therefor; Binders therefor characterised by the photoconductive material being organic
    • G03G5/0664—Dyes
    • G03G5/0675—Azo dyes
    • G03G5/0687—Trisazo dyes
    • G03G5/0688—Trisazo dyes containing hetero rings

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a photoconductive composition containing a novel trisazo compound and an electrophotographic light-sensitive material having an electrophotographic light-sensitive layer containing the trisazo compound.
  • a photoconductive process using an electrophotographic light-sensitive material includes a first step of generating electric charges by exposure and a second step of transferring the electric charges.
  • steps can be conducted in a single substance such as a selenium light-sensitive plate.
  • the two steps can be performed in different substances such as by using a combination of amorphous selenium and poly-N-vinylcarbazole for the first and second step, respectively.
  • the process in which the steps are conducted in different substances has the advantage that the substances used for electrophotographic light-sensitive materials can be selected from an expanded group and, consequently, electrophotographic characteristics such as sensitivity or accepting electric potential of the electrophotographic light-sensitive materials can be improved.
  • Substances suitable for producing the coated film in the electrophotographic light-sensitive materials can also be selected from a wide variety of such substances.
  • photoconductive substances for electrophotographic light-sensitive materials used in electrophotography have included inorganic substances such as selenium, cadmium or zinc oxide.
  • Electrophotography uses a photoconductive material comprising a base coated with a substance which is insulating in the dark, and having an electric resistance which changes according to the amount of exposure received during imagewise exposure. After this photoconductive material is subjected to dark adaptation for a suitable period, the surface is uniformly charged in the dark. Then, this material is imagewise exposed to light using an irradiation pattern having the effect of reducing the surface electric charge in a pattern corresponding to the relative energy contained in various parts of the irradiation pattern.
  • the surface electric charge or electrostatic latent image left on the surface of the photoconductive substance layer (electrophotographic light-sensitive layer) is then contacted with a suitable electroscopic indicating substance, e. g., toner, to form a visible image.
  • a suitable electroscopic indicating substance e. g., toner
  • the toner is contained in an insulating liquid or a dried carrier, and in either case it adheres to the surface of the electrophotographic light-sensitive layer according to the electric charge pattern.
  • the adhering indicating substance can be fixed by known means such as by heat, pressure or vapor of a solvent.
  • the electrostatic latent image can be transferred to a second support (for example, paper or films).
  • the electrostatic latent image can be developed on the second support in a similar fashion after being transferred.
  • Electrophotography is one image forming process in which the image is formed as described above.
  • the basic characteristics required for electrophotographic light-sensitive materials are that (1) they can be electrified in the dark so as to have a suitable electric potential, (2) the disappearance of electric charge in the dark is small, and (3) the electric charge can be rapidly reduced by exposure to light.
  • electrophotographic light-sensitive materials using various organic substances have been proposed and some of them have been put in practical use.
  • Examples include electrophotographic light-sensitive materials containing poly-N-vinylcarbazole and 2,4,7-trinitrofluoren-9-one (U.S. Patent 3484237), or poly-N-vinylcarbazole sensitized with pyrylium salt type dyes [Japanese Patent Publication No. 25658/73 (U.S. Patent 3 617 268)], electrophotographic light-sensitive materials containing an organic pigment as a main component [Japanese Patent Application (OPI) No. 37 543/72 (U.S.
  • Patent 3 898 084 and electrophotographic light-sensitive materials containing an eutectic crystal complex composed of a dye and a resin as a main component
  • Japanese Patent Application (OPI) No. 10 785/72 U.S. Patents 3732180 and 3 684 502
  • « OPI as used herein refers to a « published unexamined Japanese patent application,,).
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an electrophotographic light-sensitive material having high sensitivity and high durability. Another object of the present invention is to provide an electrophotographic light-sensitive material having a small reduction of light sensitivity even upon repeated use. A further object of the present invention is to provide a photoconductive composition which can be applied to various photoconductive materials.
  • a photoconductive composition containing a novel trisazo compound (often referred to herein as a « trisazo pigment ») represented by the following general formula (1) and to an electrophotographic light-sensitive material having an electrophotographic light-sensitive layer containing the above described trisazo compound.
  • the present invention thus relates to a photoconductive composition containing at least one trisazo compound represented by the following general formula (1) :
  • Z represents
  • the present invention also relates to an electrophotographic light-sensitive material comprising an electrically conductive base and a layer containing an electric charge carrier transfer compound and an electric charge carrier forming compound, or a layer containing an electric charge carrier transfer compound and a layer containing an electric charge carrier forming compound, wherein a trisazo compound represented by the above described general formula (1) is contained as the electric charge carrier forming compound.
  • Figure 1 shows IR absorption spectrum (by KBr process) of a trisazo compound of the present invention represented by general formula (5), in which A 1 is No. (A 1a 1).
  • Z includes and R 6 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl or aryloxy group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxycarbonyl group in which the alkoxy moiety thereof has 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryloxycarbonyl group in which the aryloxy moiety thereof has 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an acyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
  • R 6 represents an unsubstituted alkyl group
  • examples include a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, a butyl group, a pentyl group, a hexyl group, an isopropyl group, an isobutyl group, an isohexyl group, a neopentyl group and a tert-butyl group.
  • R 6 represents a substituted alkyl group
  • the substituents include a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a cyano group, an alkylamino group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a dialkylamino group with each alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a halogen atom and an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms.
  • Examples include a hydroxyalkyl group (for example, a hydroxymethyl group, a 2-hydroxyethyl group, a 3-hydroxypropyl group and a 2-hydroxypropyl group), an alkoxyalkyl group (for example, a methoxymethyl group, a 2-methoxyethyl group, a 3-methoxypropyl group, an ethoxymethyl group and a 2-ethoxyethyl group), a cyanoalkyl group (for example, a cyanomethyl group and a 2-cyanoethyl group), an (alkylamino)alkyl group [for example, a (methylamino)methyl group, a 2-(methylamino)ethyl group and an (ethylamino)methyl group], a (dialkylamino)alkyl group [for example, a (dimethylamino)methyl group and a 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl group], a halogenoalkyl
  • R 6 represents an unsubstituted aryl group, an unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyl group, or an unsubstituted aryloxycarbonyl group
  • examples include a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, a phenoxy group, a naphthoxy group, a methoxycarbonyl group, an ethoxycarbonyl group, a phenoxycarbonyl group, and a naphthoxycarbonyl group.
  • R 6 represents an unsubstituted acyl group
  • examples include an acetyl group, a propionyl group, a benzoyl group, a naphthoyl group, and a nicotinoyl group.
  • R 6 represents a substituted aryl group, a substituted aryloxy group, a substituted aryloxycarbonyl group, or a substituted acyl group
  • the substituents include those described above as substituents of the substituted alkyl group in R 6 .
  • the number of substituents in either case is 1 to 3, and if there is more than one substituent, the substituents may be the same or different, may be present in any combination, and may be bonded to any position.
  • X represents a group capable of forming an aromatic ring, including, for example, a naphthalene ring or an anthracene ring, or a heterocyclic ring such as an indole ring, a carbazole ring, a benzocarbazole ring or a dibenzofuran ring, by condensing with the benzene ring to which the hydroxyl group and Y are bonded.
  • substituents include a halogen atom (for example, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom and a bromine atom), and a lower alkyl group, preferably having 1 to 8 carbon atoms (for example, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, a butyl group, an isopropyl group and an isobutyl group).
  • the number of substituents is 1 or 2, and when two substituents are present, they may be the same or different.
  • R' can include an alkyl group, preferably, an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, or a phenyl group.
  • R' represents an unsubstituted alkyl group
  • examples include a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, a butyl group, a pentyl group, a hexyl group, an isopropyl group, an isobutyl group, an isoamyl group, an isohexyl group, a neopentyl group and a tert-butyl group.
  • R 1 represents a substituted alkyl group
  • substituents include a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a cyano group, an amino group, an alkylamino group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a dialkylamino group with each of two alkyl groups having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a halogen atom and an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms.
  • Examples include a hydroxyalkyl group (for example, a hydroxymethyl group, a 2-hydroxyethyl group, a 3-hydroxypropyl group and a 2-hydroxypropyl group), an alkoxyalkyl group (for example, a methoxymethyl group, a 2-methoxyethyl group, a 3-methoxypropyl group, an ethoxymethyl group and a 2-ethoxyethyl group), a cyanoalkyl group (for example, a cyanomethyl group and a 2-cyanoethyl group), an aminoalkyl group (for example, an aminomethyl group, a 2-aminoethyl group and a 3-aminopropyl group), an (alkylamino)alkyl group [for example, a (methylamino)methyl group, a 2-(methylamino)ethyl group and an (ethylamino)methyl group], a (dialkylamino)alkyl group [for example,
  • substituents include a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a cyano group, an amino group, an alkylamino group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a dialkylamino group with each of two alkyl groups having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and a nitro group.
  • Examples include, a hydroxyphenyl group, an alkoxyphenyl group (for example, a methoxyphenyl group and an ethoxyphenyl group), a cyanophenyl group, an aminophenyl group, an (alkylamino)phenyl group [for example, a (methylamino)phenyl group and an (ethylamino)phenyl group], a (dialkylamino)phenyl group [for example, a (dimethylamino)phenyl group], a halogenophenyl group (for example, a fluorophenyl group, a chlorophenyl group and a bromophenyl group), an alkylphenyl group (for example, a tolyl group, an ethylphenyl group, a cumenyl group, a xylyl group and a mesityl group) and a nitrophenyl group, and the substituted phenyl group represented
  • R 2 a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a carbamoyl group, a carboxyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group in which the alkoxy group has 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryloxycarbonyl group in which the aryloxy group has 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted amino group is preferred.
  • R 2 represents a substituted amino group
  • examples include a methylamino group, an ethylamino group, a propylamino group, a phenylamino group, a tolylamino group, a benzylamino group, a phenethylamino group, a dimethylamino group, a diethylamino group and a diphenylamino group.
  • R 2 represents a lower alkyl group
  • examples include a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, a butyl group, an isopropyl group and an isobutyl group.
  • R 2 represents an alkoxycarbonyl group
  • examples include a methoxycarbonyl group, an ethoxycarbonyl group, a propoxycarbonyl group, a butoxycarbonyl group, an isopropoxycarbonyl group and a benzyloxycarbonyl group.
  • R 2 represents an aryloxycarbonyl group
  • examples include a phenoxycarbonyl group and a toluoxycarbonyl group.
  • an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms an aromatic group such as a phenyl group or a naphthyl group, a heteroaromatic group containing an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom or a sulfur atom, such as a dibenzofuranyl group, a carbazolyl group or a benzocarbazolyl group, any of which may be further substituted, are preferred.
  • R 3 or R 5 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group
  • examples include the substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups described for R 1 .
  • R 3 or R 5 represents a substituted aromatic group such as a substituted phenyl group or a substituted naphthyl group, or a substituted heteroaromatic group containing hetero atoms, such as a substituted dibenzofuranyl group or a substituted carbazolyl group
  • substituents include a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a halogen atom (for example, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom and a bromine atom), an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms (for example, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group and an isopropyl group), an alkoxy group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms (for example, a methoxy group, an ethoxy group, a propoxy group, a butoxy group, a pentyloxy group, an isopropoxy group, an isobutoxy group, an isoamyloxy group
  • R 4 can include a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group.
  • R 4 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or phenyl group
  • examples include the same substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or phenyl groups described above for R 3 or R 5 .
  • 8 1 , 8 2 and B 3 can include a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom (for example, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom and an iodine atom), an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms (for example, a methyl group, an ethyl group and an n-propyl group), and an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms (for example, a methoxy group, an ethoxy group and an n-propoxy group).
  • a halogen atom for example, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom and an iodine atom
  • an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms for example, a methyl group, an ethyl group and an n-propyl group
  • an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms for example, a methoxy group, an ethoxy group and an n-propoxy group
  • B 2 and B 3 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or an alkoxy group
  • alkyl moiety of these groups include those described above as the substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group in R 6 .
  • Each benzene ring in formula (1) can be substituted by from 1 to 4 of B 1 , B 2 or B 3 , respectively.
  • the position(s) of the substituent(s) is not.limited.
  • the naphthalene ring may be substituted by at any of the 3 to 8 positions, but it is preferred that the naphthalene ring is substituted at the 8-position.
  • the three azo groups can be respectively substituted at any portion of the three benzene rings.
  • trisazo compounds represented by the general formula (1) of the present invention trisazo compounds represented by the following general formulae (2), (3) and (4) and those of formula (4) wherein S is replaced by Se are preferred, because they produce photoconductive compositions having high light sensitivity or produce an electrophotographic layer having high light sensitivity.
  • the raw materials for production of them are easily available and trisazo compounds can be produced at a low price.
  • X' represents a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring, a carbazole ring or a dibenzofuran ring
  • R 4 and R 5 each has the same meaning as in general formula (1).
  • trisazo compounds of the present invention are now illustrated in greater detail by reference to specifie examples but the present invention is not to be construed as limited to the following compounds.
  • Examples of the trisazo compounds are represented by the following general formulae (5), (6) and (7), wherein A, represents a group shown in Table 1. (See Table 1 pages 9-18)
  • novel trisazo compounds of the present invention can be easily produced according to known processes.
  • trisazo compounds represented by the above described general formulae (5), (6) and (7) can be synthesized by the following process.
  • a compound represented by general formula (8) wherein R 7 is a hydrogen atom is nitrated to produce a compound represented by general formula (8) wherein R 7 : NO2. It is then reduced under suitable conditions, for example, with an iron powder and dilute hydrochloric acid or stannous chloride and hydrochloric acid, to produce a compound represented by general formula (8) wherein R 7 : NH 2 .
  • the compound represented by general formula (8) wherein R 7 is a hydrogen atom can be easily synthesized by a process described in A.O. Fitton and R.K. Samalley, Practical Heterocyclic Chemistry, p. 33 (Academic Press, 1968), when Z represents an oxygen atom ; by a process described in A.H. Cook and D.G. Jones, J. Chem. Soc., 1941, p. 278, when Z represents a nitrogen atom ; a process described in J. Heinze and H. Baumgartel, Chem. Ber., Vol. 103, p. 1572 (1970), when Z represents a sulfur atom ; and by a process described in G. Hofmann, Jus. Liebigs Ann. Chem., 250, p. 294 (1889), when Z represents a selenium atom.
  • Decomposition temperature of this compound was above 300 °C.
  • a 1 is (A 1 -2), (A 1 -3), (A 1 -4), (A 1 -5), (A 1 -10), (A 1 -12), (A 1 -17), (A 1 -18), (A 1 -19), (A 1 -21), (A 1 -22) and (A 1 -28).
  • trisazo compounds can be synthesized according to the above described synthesis examples by changing the coupler and the corresponding trisdiazonium salt.
  • the electrophotographic light-sensitive material of the present invention has an electrophotographic light-sensitive layer containing one or more of the trisazo compounds represented by the above described general formula (1).
  • Electrophotographic light-sensitive materials having various constructions have been known, and the electrophotographic light-sensitive material of the present invention may be applied to any conventional structure for a light-sensitive material. However, it generally has a structure in which
  • the trisazo compounds of the present invention act as photoconductive substances, and they generate an electric charge carrier with a very high efficiency when they absorb light. Though the generating electric charge carrier can be transferred using the trisazo compound as a medium, it is more effective to effect charge carrier transfer using an electric charge carrier transfer compound as a medium.
  • the electrophotographic light-sensitive layer is preferred to have a thickness of about 3 to 30 ⁇ m and preferably about 5 to 20 ⁇ m.
  • a trisazo compound is applied to an electrically conductive base by vacuum evaporation or by applying a solution prepared by dissolving it in a solvent such as amine, or by applying a dispersion prepared by dispersing fine particles of the trisazo compound in a suitable solvent containing, if necessary, a binder dissolved therein, and drying, and thereafter, a solution containing an electric charge carrier transfer compound and a binder is applied to the resulting layer and drying.
  • the trisazo compound layer which is the electric charge carrier generating layer is preferred to have a thickness of about 0.01 to 4 ⁇ m and, preferably, about 0.1 to 2 ⁇ .a.m and the electric charge carrier transfer medium layer is preferred to have a thickness of about 3 to 30 ⁇ .a.m and, preferably, about 5 to 20 ⁇ m.
  • the trisazo compounds used for the light-sensitive material of types (1) and (2) are powdered by means of a conventional dispersing apparatus such as a ball mill, a sand mill or a vibration mill, etc., to a particle size of about 5 ⁇ m or less and, preferably, about 2 ⁇ m or less, but about 0.01 ⁇ m or more.
  • the amount of the trisazo compound used in the electrophotographic light-sensitive material of type (1) is preferred to be in a range of about 0.01 to 2 times by weight, preferably, about 0.05 to 1 times by weight, based on the binder.
  • the amount of the electric charge carrier transfer compound optionally added is preferred to be in a range of about 0.1 to 2 times by weight, preferably, about 0.3 to 1.3 times by weight, based on the binder.
  • the amount of the trisazo compound added is preferred to be in a range of about 0.01 to 0.5 times by weight based on the binder.
  • the amount of the trisazo compound used is preferred to be about 0.1 to 20 times by weight, preferably about 0.2 to 5 times by weight, the amount of the binder resin. If the amount used is less than the above described range, sufficient sensitivity is not obtained.
  • the amount of the electric charge carrier transfer compound in the electric charge carrier transfer medium is preferred in a range of about 0.2 to 2 times by weight, preferably about 0.3 to 1.3 times by weight, based on the weight of the binder. When using a high polymer electric charge carrier transfer compound capable of functioning as a binder, an additional binder is not required.
  • conventional additives such as a plasticizer or a sensitizer may be used together with the binder.
  • the electrically conductive base used for the electrophotographic light-sensitive material of the present invention can include any conventional base known in the art, including plates of metal such as aluminium, copper or zinc, plastic sheets or plastic films such as those of polyester, to which an electrically conductive material such as aluminum, indium oxide or Sn0 2 is applied by vacuum evaporation or by application of a dispersion, and paper which is processed so as to have an electrically conductive property.
  • electrically insulating film-forming high polymers which are hydrophilic and have a high dielectric constant are suitably used, including the following examples which are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention : polycarbonate, polyester, methacrylic resin, acrylic resin, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, polystyrene, polyvinyl acetate, styrene-butadiene copolymer, vinylidene chloride-acrylonitrile copolymer, vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer, vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate- maleic anhydride terpolymer, silicone resin, silicone-alkyd resin, phenol-formaldehyde resin, styrene- alkyd resin, poly-N-vinylcarbazole and polyester carbonate.
  • binders can be used alone or as a mixture of two or more thereof.
  • Suitable plasticizers which can be used include biphenyl, chlorinated biphenyl, o-terphenyl, p-terphenyl, dibutyl phthalate, dimethylglycol phthalate, dioctyl phthalate, triphenyl phosphate, methylnaphthalene, benzophenone, chlorinated paraffin, polypropylene, polystyrene, dilaurylthiodipropionate, 3,5-dinitrosalicylic acid, and various fluorohydrocarbons.
  • silicone oil may be added.
  • Useful sensitizing agents include chloranil, tetracyanoethylene, Methyl Violet, Rhodamine B, cyanine dyes, merocyanine dyes, pyrylium dyes and thiapyrylium dyes.
  • Electric charge carrier transfer compounds are generally classified either as compounds which transfer an electron or as compounds which transfer a hole. Both can be used for the electrophotographic light-sensitive material of the present invention.
  • Compounds which transfer an electron include compounds having an electron attractive group, for example, 2,4,7-trinitro-9-fluorenone, 2,4,5,7-tetranit- ro-9-fluorenone, 9-dicyanomethylene-2,4,7-trinitrofluorenone, 9-dicyanomethylene-2,4,5,7-tetranitrof- luorenone, tetranitrocarbazole chloranil, 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanobenzoquinone, 2,4,7-trinitro-9,10-phenanthrenequinone, tetrachlorophthalic anhydride, tetracyanoethylene and tetracyanoquinodimethane.
  • Compounds which transfer a hole include compounds having an electron donative group, for example, high polymers such as
  • the electric charge carrier transfer compounds are not limited to compounds described in (1) to (18), and any known electric charge carrier transfer compounds can be used.
  • These electric charge transfer substances can be used alone or in an optional combination of two or more of them.
  • an adhesive layer or a barrier layer can be provided, if necessary, between the electrically conductive base and the light-sensitive layer.
  • Materials used for these layers include gelatin, casein, polyvinyl alcohol, ethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, the vinylidene chloride type polymer latex described in Japanese Patent Application (OPI) No. 84 247/82, the styrene-butadiene polymer latex described in Japanese Patent Application (OPI) No. 114 544/82, and aluminum oxide, as well as the above described high polymers used as the binders. These layers are preferred to have a thickness of about 1 ⁇ m or less.
  • the electrophotographic light-sensitive materials of the present invention generally have high sensitivity and excellent durability.
  • the electrophotographic light-sensitive material of the present invention can be applied to not only electrophotographic copying machines but also in the field of light-sensitive materials for printers using a laser or Braun tube as a light source, and the like.
  • the photoconductive composition containing the trisazo compound of the present invention can be used as a photoconductive layer in a video camera tube or as a photoconductive layer in solid camera elements having a light receiving layer (photoconductive layer) which is provided on the entire face of a one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally arranged semiconductor circuit for carrying out signal transfer or scanning. Further, it can be used as a photoconductive layer in solar cells as described in A.K. Ghosh, Tom Feng, J. Appl. Phys., 49 (12) p. 5982 (1978).
  • the trisazo compounds of the present invention can be used as photoconductive coloring particles in a light-electrophoresis system or as coloring particles in a dry type or wet type electrophotographic developer.
  • the trisazo compound of the present invention is dispersed in a solution of an alkali soluble resin such as a phenol resin together with the above described electric charge carrier transfer compounds such as oxadiazole derivatives or hydrazone derivatives, and the dispersion is applied to an electrically conductive base such as aluminum and dried, a printing plate having high resolving power, high durability and high sensitivity can be obtained by carrying out imagewise exposure, toner development and etching with an aqueous solution of alkali, as described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 17 162/62 and Japanese Patent Application (OPI) Nos. 19 063/80, 161 250/80 and 147 656/82.
  • Printed circuits can be produced in the same manner.
  • a 1 was No. (A 1 -1) which was synthesized in Synthesis Example 1, 5 parts of 4,4'-bis-(diethylamino)-2,2'-dimethyltriphenylmethane and 5 parts of polycarbonate of bisphenol A [Panlite K-1300 (molecular weight : about 30,000), made by Teijin Limited] were added to 95 parts of dichloromethane. The mixture was mixed in a ball mill to prepare a coating solution having an average particle size of 0.4 ⁇ m.
  • This electrophotographic light-sensitive material was electrified to + 400 V by a corona discharge of + 5 KV using a testing apparatus for electrostatic copying paper (type SP-428, produced by Kawaguchi Denki Co.), and it was then exposed to light with a tungsten lamp of a color temperature of 2,854 °K to produce an exposure of 4 luxes at the surface.
  • the time necessary to reduce the surface electric potential to half of the initial surface electric potential was measured, and the half decay exposure amount E 50 (lux ⁇ sec) was determined to be 6.8 lux ⁇ sec.
  • Electrophotographic light-sensitive materials having a monolayer structure were produced in the same manner as in Example 1 except that trisazo compounds shown in Table 3 were used instead of the trisazo compound synthesized in Synthesis Example 1, and the half decay exposure amount E 50 by positive electrification was determined in the same manner as in Example 1. The results obtained are shown in Table 3.
  • Electrophotographic light-sensitive materials having a two-layer structure were produced in the same manner as in Example 11, except that trisazo compounds shown in Table 5 were used instead of the trisazo compound synthesized in Synthesis Example 1, and the half decay exposure amount E 50 was determined in the same manner. The results are shown in Table 5.
  • a i is No. (A,-1) synthesized in Synthesis Example 1
  • 40 parts of the hydrazone compound used in Example 11 and 100 parts of benzyl methacrylate-methacrylic acid copolymer ([ ⁇ ] 30 °C methyl ethyl ketone : 0.12, methacrylic acid content : 32.9 %, molecular weight : about 100,000) were added to 600 parts of dichloromethane, and the mixture was subjected to ultrasonic dispersion.
  • the resulting dispersion having an average particle size of 0.5 ⁇ m was applied to a sand-dressed aluminium plate having a thickness of 0.25 mm, and dried to produce an electrophotographic light-sensitive printing plate material having an electrophotographic light-sensitive layer having a dry film thickness of 6 J.Lm.
  • the toner image was fixed by heating to 100 °C for 30 seconds.
  • This printing plate material was immersed for about 1 minute in a solution prepared by dissolving 70 parts of sodium metasilicate hydrate in a mixture of 140 parts of glycerine, 550 parts of ethylene glycol and 150 parts of ethanol. It was then washed with flowing water with gentle brushing to remove the part of the electrophotographic light-sensitive layer to which the toner did not adhere to produce a printing plate.
  • the electrostatic latent image was developed with a magnetic brush using a toner for Xerox 3 500 (produced by Fuji Xerox Co.) instead of the liquid developer and, thereafter, it was fixed by heating to 80 °C for 30 seconds. The part of the light-sensitive layer to which the toner did not adhere was then removed by immersion in a solution of alkali (pH 12) to produce a printing plate.
  • a toner for Xerox 3 500 produced by Fuji Xerox Co.
  • Electrophotographic light-sensitive materials having a two-layer structure were produced in the same manner as in Example 11, except that trisazo compounds shown in Table 6 were used instead of the trisazo compound synthesized in Synthesis Example 1, and the half decay exposure amount E 50 was determined in the same manner. The results are shown in Table 6.
  • Electrophotographic light-sensitive materials having a two-layer structure were produced in the same manner as in Example 11, except that disazo compounds represented by the following formulae (1A) (described in Japanese Patent Application (OPI) N° 219263/83) and (2A) (described in Japanese Patent Application (OPI) N° 53554/84) were used instead of the trisazo compound synthesized in Synthesis Example 1, and the initial surface electric potential V 0 , the half decay exposure amount E 50 , and the residual electric potential V R were determined in the same manner. Further, this measurement was repeated 3,000 times in the same manner as in Example 11. The results are shown in Table 7.
  • the electrophotographic light-sensitive material of the present invention is markedly superior in sensitivity, residual electric potential, and stability for repeated use to the comparative ones.

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Photoreceptors In Electrophotography (AREA)
EP85101847A 1984-02-21 1985-02-20 Photoconductive composition and electrophotographic light-sensitive material Expired EP0155522B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP59030918A JPS60179746A (ja) 1984-02-21 1984-02-21 光導電性組成物及びそれを用いた電子写真感光体
JP30918/84 1984-02-21

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP0155522A1 EP0155522A1 (en) 1985-09-25
EP0155522B1 true EP0155522B1 (en) 1987-07-08

Family

ID=12317075

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP85101847A Expired EP0155522B1 (en) 1984-02-21 1985-02-20 Photoconductive composition and electrophotographic light-sensitive material

Country Status (4)

Country Link
US (1) US4619881A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
EP (1) EP0155522B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
JP (1) JPS60179746A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (1) DE3560325D1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

Families Citing this family (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3347905C2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) * 1982-04-30 1992-03-12 Ricoh Co., Ltd., Tokio/Tokyo, Jp
JPS6235365A (ja) * 1985-08-09 1987-02-16 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd 電子写真感光体
JPS62139564A (ja) * 1985-12-13 1987-06-23 Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd 電子写真感光体
JPS6478259A (en) * 1987-09-18 1989-03-23 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd Photoconductive composition and electrophotographic sensitive body using same
US5041349A (en) * 1988-02-04 1991-08-20 Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Limited Electrophotographic disazo photoreceptor
KR100424634B1 (ko) * 1996-12-31 2004-05-17 삼성에스디아이 주식회사 칼라 브라운관용 광도전성 물질 및 이를 이용한 형광막의 제조방법
US7141188B2 (en) * 2001-05-30 2006-11-28 Honeywell International Inc. Organic compositions
CN105061320B (zh) * 2015-08-12 2017-09-26 中国广州分析测试中心 一种咪唑三酰腙类化合物，其作为有机发光材料的应用及其制备方法

Family Cites Families (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3200961C2 (de) * 1981-01-14 1985-11-21 Ricoh Co., Ltd., Tokio/Tokyo Elektrophotographisches Aufzeichnungsmaterial und dessen Verwendung
US4279981A (en) * 1977-04-22 1981-07-21 Ricoh Company, Ltd. Electrophotographic elements containing trisazo compounds
JPS57182748A (en) * 1981-05-07 1982-11-10 Konishiroku Photo Ind Co Ltd Electrophotographic receptor
US4427753A (en) * 1981-06-02 1984-01-24 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Electrophotographic photosensitive member with disazo or trisazo compound
JPS58194034A (ja) * 1982-05-10 1983-11-11 Mita Ind Co Ltd 電子写真感光体

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
JPH0374832B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1991-11-28
EP0155522A1 (en) 1985-09-25
US4619881A (en) 1986-10-28
DE3560325D1 (en) 1987-08-13
JPS60179746A (ja) 1985-09-13

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP0131140B1 (en) Photoconductive compositions and electrophotographic photoreceptors using the same
US4533613A (en) Disazo compounds and photoconductive composition as well as electrophotographic light sensitive element containing the same
JPH0214697B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
EP0155522B1 (en) Photoconductive composition and electrophotographic light-sensitive material
JP2521137B2 (ja) 電子写真感光体
US4504559A (en) Disazo compounds and photoconductive composition as well as electrophotographic light sensitive element containing the same
US4508805A (en) Disazo compounds, photoconductive compositions and electrophotographic light-sensitive materials containing the same
EP0391399B1 (en) Electrophotographic photoreceptor
EP0399403B1 (en) Electrophotographic photoreceptor
US4598033A (en) Photoconductive compositions comprising a disazo compound
US4557988A (en) Disazo compounds, photoconductive compositions and electrophotographic light-sensitive materials containing the same
JP2515145B2 (ja) 電子写真感光体
JPH07104604B2 (ja) 光導電性組成物及びそれを用いた電子写真感光体
JP2559258B2 (ja) 電子写真感光体
JP2676630B2 (ja) 電子写真感光体
JPH0434743B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
JP2652234B2 (ja) 電子写真感光体
JP2597911B2 (ja) 電子写真感光体
JPH071394B2 (ja) 光導電性組成物及びそれを用いた電子写真感光体
JPH0441341B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
JPH0441340B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
GB2210052A (en) New disazo pigments for use in electrophotography
JPH051938B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
JPS58217556A (ja) トリスアゾ化合物、それを含む光導電性組成物及び電子写真感光体
JPH0342669A (ja) 電子写真感光体

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

AK Designated contracting states

Designated state(s): DE GB

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 19851127

17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 19861107

GRAA (expected) grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B1

Designated state(s): DE GB

REF Corresponds to:

Ref document number: 3560325

Country of ref document: DE

Date of ref document: 19870813

PLBE No opposition filed within time limit

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT

26N No opposition filed
REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: GB

Ref legal event code: IF02

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Payment date: 20020220

Year of fee payment: 18

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Payment date: 20020306

Year of fee payment: 18

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20030220

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20030902

GBPC Gb: european patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee